Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th May 2006 19:55 UTC, submitted by IdaAshley
"Flow control is usually straightforward: sequence, selection, iteration. And many programmers, having been raised on these primary control structures, have a difficult time seeing what other kinds of flow control might be necessary. This article introduces continuations and teaches you to think about flow control in radically new ways."
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2005-07-16
Slip of the pen maybe, but twas Edsger Dijkstra who wrote the Goto/Hamful paper in 1968.
Yes, which is why the Knuth paper was subtitled "Goto considered harmful considered harmful"... it was in favor of goto (in some cases).
Actually the "Goto considered harmful" was a title choosen by the editor, not by Dijkstra; talk about catchy